Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs

Loran, Erle

ISBN 10: 0520054598 / ISBN 13: 9780520054592

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1985

About this Item

Color-illustrated black wraps; white lettering. 143 pp. full of bw images of various kinds; a few in color. Erle Loran, a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Cezanne's structural form, took up residence in the master's studio in Aix-en-Provence. This book features photographs, which analyze over 30 of Cezanne's paintings. VG (edge-wear, scratches & scuffs to wraps; lower corner area creased w/ slight curl. light curl to lower pg corner area).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520054598
• ISBN 13: 9780520054592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First paperback edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • European Artists

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Synopsis

This book had its provenance in the late 1920s, when Erle Loran, then a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Czanne's structural form, took up residence in the master's studio in Aix-en-Provence. For several years he lived there and painted, and when he came across familiar motifs in the countryside, he took snapshots of the setting. These photographs assisted Loran in his analysis of Czanne's composition and served as the basis for this book, which analyzes over 30 of Czanne's paintings. This new edition brings Loran's milestone study up-to-date with a new foreword by art historian Richard Shiff, who places Loran's work into today's art historical context.

Review

"I have learned a great deal from his book about modern painting in general. [Loran] devotes his attention mainly to Cezanne's concrete means and methods, and he arrives thereby at an understanding of Cezanne's art more essential than any other I have seen in print."--"The Nation